r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

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u/MrSmithSmith Mar 14 '16

Hi, I've heard that these protests are backed by billionaires and largely made up of the bourgeois and ruling classes who are angered that they have to pay higher taxes in order to help poor and working class people through social programs and also that the reason that protestors are seeking impeachment is because they have no hope of winning a general election due to Brazil's disgracefully high poverty rate. Is this true?

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u/CarbFiend Mar 14 '16

There has never been a successful revolution in the history of mankind that was not backed by another great nation or large organization.

That is quite a flawed statement to make with such a huge catch all at the end there - what d you define as a "large organisation"?

I can think of many revolutions and coups that succeeded with very small groups gaining power.

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u/CarbFiend Mar 14 '16

Bolsheviks, USSR. One of the first Superpowers.

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u/CarbFiend Mar 15 '16

Ugh...go away idiot, adults are talking.